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Dr. Glenn Morello

Avid tea drinker, DJ, lo-fi beat maker...and inorganic chemist.

I always try to balance my brain with science and art. Hobbies include music, photography, gardening, soccer, hockey, camping, and hiking.

Publications \\

Herath, Hashini N.K.; MacRae, Austin L.; Ugrinov, Angel; Morello, Glenn R.; Parent, Alexander R. “Electrochemical Properties of Ru Polypyridyl Phosphonates.” European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 26 (2023).
Paulsen, Marianne; Engqvist, Magnus; Ausbacher, Dominik; Andersen, Trude; Haug, Tor; Morello, Glenn; Blencke, Hans-Matti; Isaksson, Johan; Sollid, Johanna; Bayer, Annette; Strøm, Morten. “Amphipathic Barbiturates as Mimics of Antimicrobial Peptides and the Marine Natural Products Eusynstyelamides with Activity Against Multi-Resistant Clinical Isolates.” Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64 (2021), 11395-1141.
Morello, Glenn. R.; Hopmann, Kathrin. H. “Cobalt Catalysed Alkene Hydrogenation: A Metallacycle Can Explain the Hydroxyl Activating Effect and the Diastereoselectivity.” Chemical Science, 9 (2018), 4977-4982.
Morello, Glenn R.; Hopmann, Kathrin. “A Dihydride Mechanism Can Explain the Intriguing Selectivity of Iron-PNP-Mediated Hydrogenation.” ACS Catalysis, 7 (2017), 5847-5855.
Morello, Glenn R. “Accurate Prediction of Emission Energies with TD-DFT Methods for Platinum and Iridium OLED Materials.” J. Molecular Modeling, 23 (2017) 174.
Morello, Glenn R.; Cundari, Thomas R.; Cummins, Christopher C.; Velian, Alexandra. "Density Functional Study of Oxygen-Insertion into Niobium-Phosphorus Bonds; Novel Mechanism for Liberating P3- Synthons." Organometallics, 35(20) (2016), 3624-2634.
Laskowski, Carl A.; Morello, Glenn R.; Saouma, Caroline T.; Cundari, Thomas R.; Hillhouse, Gregory L. “Single-Electron Oxidation of N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Supported Nickel Amides Yielding Benzylic C-H Activation.” Chemical Science, 4 (2013), 170-174.
Morello, Glenn R.; Cundari, Thomas R.; Gunnoe, T. Brent. "DFT Study of Group 8 Catalysts for the Hydroarylation of Ethylene: Influence of Ancillary Ligands and Metal Identity." Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 697(1) (2012), 15-22.
Cundari, Thomas R.; Morello, Glenn R. "A Computational Study of Metal-Mediated Decomposition of Nitrene Transfer Reagents." Journal of Organic Chemistry 74(15) (2009), 5711-5714.
Kazi, Abul B.; Dias, H. V. Rasika; Tekarli, Sammer M.; Morello, Glenn R.; Cundari, Thomas R. "Coinage Metal-Ethylene Complexes Supported by Tris(pyrazolyl)borates: A Computational Study." Organometallics 28(6) (2009), 1826-1831.
Cundari, Thomas R.; Jimenez-Halla, J. Oscar C.; Morello, Glenn R.; Vaddadi, Sridhar. "Catalytic Tuning of a Phosphinoethane Ligand for Enhanced C-H Activation." Journal of the American Chemical Society 130(39) (2008), 13051-13058.
Gillespie, Aaron M.; Morello, Glenn R.; White, David P. "De Novo Ligand Design: Understanding Stereoselective Olefin Binding to [(h5-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)]+ with Molecular Mechanics, Semiempirical Quantum Mechanics, and Density Functional Theory." Organometallics 21(19) (2002), 3913-3921.

Patents \\

Brooks, J.; Szigethy, G.; Morello, G.; Deng, J.; Djurovich, P. I. “Organic Electroluminescent Materials and Devices.” USD10403830B2, September 2019.
Brooks, J.; Szigethy, G.; Morello, G.; Deng, J.; Djurovich, P. I.; Chen, H.-F. “Organic Electroluminescent Device Materials Based on Metal Complexes With Imidazophenanthridine Ligands and Organic Light Emitting Devices Using Them.” US 2016072082, March 2016.
Brooks, J.; Szigethy, G.; Morello, G.; Deng, J.; Djurovich, P. I. “Compounds With Imidazophenanthridine Skeletons and Complexes Formed From the Compounds and Organic Light-Emitting Devices Using the Complexes.” WO 2015171627, November 12, 2015.
Brooks, J.; Morello, G.; Chuanjun, X.; Deng, J. “Electroluminescent Element Comprising Metal Complexes.” U.S. Patent 20140084261, March 27, 2014.

Education \\

2007 - 2011

PhD
University of North Texas (TX)
Computational Inorganic Chemistry

Dissertation: “Modeling Transition Metal Chemistry for Catalyst and Electronic Materials Development"

2001 - 2003

MS
University of North Carolina at Wilmington (NC)
Chemistry

Thesis: “Stereoselectivity in Organometallic Catalysis: Analysis by Means of Computational and Mathematical Chemistry”

2001 - 2003

BSc
University of North Carolina at Wilmington (NC)
Chemistry

Thesis: “Stereoselectivity in Organometallic Catalysis: Analysis by Means of Computational and Mathematical Chemistry”

Teaching
Experience \\

2021 - Present

Lecturer - SUNY Plattsburgh (NY)

Developed curriculum and all lecture materials for inorganic chemistry as part of the undergraduate ACS certified chemistry major. Introduced new laboratory experiments and protocols for CHE 430/431 which include computational projects. Created assessment protocols and administered grades for lecture and laboratory sections.

Taught in other areas of chemistry, focusing mainly on organic chemistry lab and general biochemistry. Provided content updates and reviewed lab manuals yearly. Chemical ordering, general lab maintenance and upkeep performed each semester. Created a STEM based Cardinal Foundation Seminar (CFS) course for freshmen.

Courses Taught:

CHE 430 – Inorganic Chemistry I (+ Lab)

CHE 431 – Inorganic Chemistry II (+ Lab)

CHE 241 – Organic Chemistry I Laboratory

CHE 242 – Organic Chemistry II Laboratory

CHE 371 – General Biochemistry (+ Lab)

CHE 111 – General Chemistry I Laboratory

CHE 491 – Senior Seminar

CFS 1889 – Cardinal Foundation Seminar

Maintaining an active research presence in the department with undergraduate student group members. Collaborations with NDSU, University of Buffalo and University of Tromsø. Students presented research at ACS conferences, Sigma Xi and worked on manuscripts for future publication.

2020 - 2021

Assistant Professor - VCSU (ND)

Developed curriculum and all lecture materials for listed chemistry courses in the Science Department as part of the undergraduate chemistry major. Developed all new laboratory experiments and protocols for all upper-level courses. Provided both in-class, synchronous and asynchronous virtual learning lectures through use of a variety of online tools and LMS. Created assessment protocols and administered grades for both lecture and laboratory sections.

Courses Taught:

CHEM 122 – General Chemistry II (+ Lab)

CHEM 425 - Quantum Mechanics (+ Lab)

CHEM 121 – General Chemistry I (+ Lab)

CHEM 411 – Inorganic Chemistry (+ Lab)

CHEM 115 – Introduction to Chemistry for Non-Majors (+ Lab)

Maintained active research projects (OLEDs and catalysis).

2014 - 2015

Adjunct Professor - PPU (PA)

Taught the undergraduate Organic Chemistry laboratory (2 sections). Lectured the theory of spectroscopy and data interpretation as tools in the organic lab in addition to performing organic lab experiments and final projects; lectured and administered grades.

Previous
Employment \\

2018 - 2020

Quality Control Chemist - Cyanotech Corporation (HI)

Method development and analytical testing performed on cultivated spirulina products in a GMP laboratory using high-tech instrumentation (HPLC, ICP-MS, FT-IR).

Collaborate with R&D department towards solving problems and testing of new materials and product designs.

2020 - 2021

Postdoctoral Researcher - U. of Tromsø (Norway)

Used DFT modeling of transition metal complexes to predict, describe, and understand catalytic pathways.

Explored selective hydrogenation catalysts towards the modification of small biological relevant molecules.
Mechanistic studies performed to understand reaction pathways and selectivity governing processes.
Worked with experimentalists to test and confirm findings.

Additional Collaborations in the area of biological chemistry and space chemistry.

2011 - 2015

Senior Research Chemist II - PPG Industries (PA)

Perform DFT and TD-DFT calculations on organometallic complexes for OLED display devices for market use in collaborations with Universal Display Corporation.

Additional work performed on photochromic dyes used in Transition Lenses.

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